MAPLE AND BACON ROAST TURKEY
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Portions
25 min
Prepping
5h30
Cooking
Recipe
Easy
Ingredients
- 1 Exceldor “Freezer to Oven” turkey (5 to 6 kg/11 to 13¼ lb.)
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 4 carrots, cut into sections
- 2 parsnips, cut into sections
- 10 to 12 small new potatoes, cut in half
- 1 cup (250 ml) chicken broth
MAPLE AND BACON BUTTER
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) melted butter
- 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 tbsp. (45 ml) maple syrup
- Salt and pepper to taste
GRAVY
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) white wine
- 2 tsp. (10 ml) Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) flour
- 1 tbsp. (15 ml) butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
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- Place butter, bacon, and maple syrup in a food processor. Mix until evenly blended. Add salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Remove frozen turkey from bag and place in a roasting pan. Brush turkey with maple and bacon butter.
- Add onion, carrots, parsnips, and potatoes to roasting pan. Pour in chicken broth.
- Cover and bake for 4 hours, basting turkey with cooking juice every hour.
- Remove lid and insert a cooking thermometer in centre of one turkey thigh (without touching bone). Continue cooking for 1 to 2 hours, until thermometer reads 85°C (185°F).
- Remove turkey from roasting pan. Transfer cooking juice to a saucepan. Add wine and bring to a boil.
- Whisk in mustard, flour, and butter. Add salt and pepper. Simmer over low heat for 5 to 8 minutes.
- Serve turkey with gravy and vegetables.